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The House voted 390 to 23 last week for a bill to provide regulatory relief for small companies trying to raise capital. The bill is moving quickly through the Senate; no one likes unnecessary regulations that burden economic growth.

But this bill does more than trim regulatory fat; parts of it cut into muscle. Small businesses will have a harder time raising capital if investors do not receive sufficient disclosures or other legal protections.

Follow me on Twitter: @pozenBob Pozen is Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, Chairman Emeritus of MFS Investment Management, Senior Fellow at Brookings, and author of The Fund Industry: How Your Money is Managed.Read the full bio